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Mr Louie French vs Michael Payne

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 312 different votes 314 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
45 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
45 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Appearances
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 649
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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